Caves of Castellet i la Gornal
Castellet i la Gornal, a municipality in Alt Penedès, contains 20 cavities: 17 caves and 3 pits, with a total length of 258 m and a maximum depth of 14 m. Cova de l'Or is the longest and deepest.
Castellet i la Gornal has 20 catalogued caves, including 3 potholes and 17 caves. The longest is Cova de l'Or (56 m). Most caves are found in limestone.
Length adds each cave once (a system counts once), and depth is that of the deepest cave, canyons excluded.
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Castellet i la Gornal, a municipality in Alt Penedès, has 20 inventoried cavities: 17 caves and 3 pits. Together they total 258 m of length and reach a maximum depth of 14 m. All the recorded cavities develop in limestone.
Cova de l'Or is the most notable cavity, with 56 m of length and 14 m of vertical drop; it was explored on 10 August 1971 by Angel Lagar and surveyed on 25 November 1973 by SIRE. Among the longest cavities are Avenc d'en Tort and Avenc Fals de l'Or, both 28 m, and Cova Xoriguera, at 22 m. Other notable cavities are Cova d'en Muntaner, at 19 m, and Balma de la Font d'horta, with 6 m of vertical drop.
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